The Design and Fabrication of Jigs with Michael Fortune

This lecture and demonstration will cover the important principles for designing and making woodworking jigs.  We will cover topics from jigs that become frequently used workshop “fixtures” to specialized jigs that help reproduce parts for making a set of chairs or other articles of furniture.       This is a lecture and demonstration event and examples will be presented.

Most woodworking tools and machines work on the “square” principle.  The relationship between the cutter and the table or fence is 90 degrees.  Cuts are often parallel to a fence, table or the part itself.  Jigs can be designed and made for virtually any shape part that re-establishes this “square” relationship.  Not that “square” is always the goal, but once that is found then any angle can be created (and re-created) from the square reference. Joinery on curved parts is easier if a “plane” is established with a jig.  Other jigs or tools may reference off or penetrate the plane the way a floating tenon does.  Once you understand how to make jigs and fixtures, then “square” is no longer a limitation but simply a reference.

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